Product profile of main World manufacturers

Published: 2009-03-05

Product profiles of companies represent their sales structure into eight major product categories. The two North American manufacturers Lucent and Nortel (Fig. 1&2), ranked 2nd and 4th in the World telecom manufacturer ranking, show comparable profiles, with public switching, transmission and mobile infrastructure as their main business segments. The time series 1995-1998-2000 highlight how the two groups have primarily increased their sales in two segments: transmission equipment and, in particular following the explosion of the mobile markets in recent years - mobile infrastructure. On the contrary, their switching activities recorded a relatively more moderate growth. The radar analysis also shows how the two companies have mainly enhanced their business in the infrastructure segment, while, at the same time, the CPE segment has more or less stagnated.